He wouldn't like me, would he?
Chapter 14: Feverish Hallucinations
"Seems like it was no greater injury, but still, you should be more careful.", the nurse said as she wrapped up the bite mark. Endeavor and Kamui Woods haven't left her side ever since they arrived at the hospital.
"Hehe, yeah, I'll be careful around dogs.", Sakura chuckled. Endeavor has told the nurse that she was bitten by a dog and that it wasn't really deep, luckily. Kamui just stayed because it was the polite thing to do until Shota Aizawa would show up.
"Thanks for bringing me here, Endeavor. I would have probably been in some serious trouble if you and Kamui hadn't found me." Sakura thanked Endeavor with a bow.
"Don't mention it, Nightwing.", Endeavor said. Kamui replied: "What kind of heroes would we be if we just let you lay there?"
"Why were you guys even out patrolling?", Sakura asked. Just as Endeavor wanted to answer he was interrupted by the voice he hated, the voice of All Might.
"Sakura, are you okay?", he asked as he entered the hospital. Sakura walked up to All Might smiling at her boyfriend.
"Yes, I'm fine. Thanks to Endeavor and Kamui.", Sakura gave a thumbs up, like All Might likes to do, making the blonde smile.
"Alright then. Let's get you back home.", All Might said and wanted to lead Sakura out of the hospital.
"How come you came to pick her up, All Might? Couldn't Eraserhead be bothered to help his sister?", Endeavor sounded a bit suspicious. All Might just smiled at his rival and stated: "It's like 3 in the morning, he doesn't like to be bothered after a specific time of day. It sounds like I'm not allowed to pick my girlfriend."
"My apologies, All Might.", Endeavor stated. The two lovers started walking out again until Sakura stopped, holding her head with one hand.
"Sakura...", All Might was worried. She shut her eyes as if she were in intense pain and exclaimed: "It's so hot, it feels like I'm burning."
She collapsed to the floor, but didn't hit the cold floor, for All Might caught her. Her face was red as if she was just gotten out of a tub with boiling water.
"Oh shoot!", Kamui said and got a doctor. All Might laid her face to his chest, placing a hand on her cheek feeling her skin.
"She has a fever. Endeavor what happened?", All Might wanted to know. The flame Hero had no idea himself so he just said: "We found her with a bite mark on her shoulder and brought her here. I have no idea how she got the fever, I swear."
All Might had picked Sakura up now and a doctor had appeared, leading the heroes to a spare room where the hospital staff would keep an eye on her. All Might didn't wanna leave her, he was really concerned about her well-being, given the fact that she seemed completely healthy just a few moments ago.
"We'll leave now. Everything will be fine All Might.", Kamui said as he and Endeavor left the room. All Might nodded in response and just sat down on a chair that was standing in the room to be out of the way for the doctors and the nurses.
"I assume you're not gonna leave anytime soon, All Might.", doctor Iwata asked getting a head shake from All Might. The doctor sighed in defeat and just said: "Listen, I know your concerned about her well-being but we can't give her an infusion if her family doesn't approve. So sadly, your word doesn't do anything, but she needs the infusion in order for her body to fight of the infection that caused the fever."
"I could call Eraserhead to give you permission. He might not be in a good mood after waking him up, but if it's about his sister, he'll do anything if it means she is safe.", All Might explained. Doctor Iwata nodded and All Might called Aizawa on his phone.
"What do you want All Might? It's almost 4 in the morning. Please don't tell me you lost her on the way here?", Shota sounded annoyed and tired over the phone. All Might chuckled nervously and said: "Actually something else came up and they need your permission, Aizawa. You see, Sakura has developed a fever and they can't give her the infusion without you saying that it's okay."
Shota literally yelled through the phone it of course it was okay to give it to her, as if he wouldn't want his sister to be better.
"You didn't have to yell at me, Aizawa.", All Might said. Luckily the doctor heard Shota yell through the phone so he proceeded with the procedure.
"I hope, that this'll really help her. If not I'm gonna kill you All Might.", Shota said and hung up. All Might put his phone away and sighed. One of these days he has to tell Tsukauchi about all this, he had promised to tell him what his relation with Nightwing was, maybe they could find out what was going on.
"Alright. Now we have to keep an eye on her. Hopefully this helps her. You can stay here if you want. We'll hear if something happens or if we have to swap the infusion.", Doctor Iwata said and left the room with the nurses. All Might watched his sleeping girlfriend, her face still looked like she just go out of hot water but what was weird for him was the love bite on her neck. The nurses took of her hero costume because she complaint that it was too hot, but that love bite felt so out of place, he was 100% certain it couldn't come from him. All Might just shared the bed with her once and at that time the two were fully dressed and the side of her neck where it sat wasn't even turned to him. All Might walked up to her bedside, placed a hand on her cheek and brushed some hair out of her face. How he loved her. Even with the fever she looked like an angel to him, the only thing kinda bothering him was the love bite. All Might would ask her about it when she woke up, right now she needs the rest, it strained her body greatly fighting a fever this strong.
"You'll have to tell me the truth once you wake up, Sakura.", All Might said and placed a kiss on her forehead. He then took the chair and put it next to her bed, sitting himself down on the chair and taking her hand. After some time Sakura woke up.
"You're awake. That's a relief, cherry blossom.", All Might smiled at her. Sakura was a bit confused, by now she should have been home.
"What happened?", she wondered, still a bit sleepy. All Might explained everything to her and she was shocked. Did that bite really cause her to develop a fever? Seems like it.
"Oh yeah, why are you calling me cherry blossom all of a sudden Toshi?", Sakura asked, slightly smiling.
"Well I can't keep calling you by your real name, so I thought I could use that as a pet name.", All Might chuckled nervously. Sakura liked that pet name, even though it was just a translation of her actual given name. The moment didn't last long however, because Drac was standing at the window watching her, making her freak out. All Might looked where she was looking, but didn't see anybody.
"Are you alright?", All Might sounded concerned.
"Ah...yes. Sorry to concern you, Toshi. I just thought….I saw someone.", Sakura stated. All Might just gripped her hand a bit tighter, but not enough to hurt her and said: "Must have been the fever. I'm a bit worried that it might harm you more than we think."
Sakura laid her other hand on All Might's and smiled the brightest smile she could muster: "So what if it harms me, like I couldn't use my quirk anymore? I wouldn't be worried, I would still have you."
All Might's face turned a slight pink. He still wasn't quite used to seeing her smile and be so upbeat.
"But, you love your quirk. Would you really be content with being quirkless?", All Might asked, a bit panicking.
"I'd rather be quirkless than dead. I mean I would have to get used to not having a quirk, but I'd manage, because I would have you.", Sakura replied to her boyfriend who loosened his grip on her hand. He stood up from the chair and leaned down to her face to kiss her.
"Did you drink cacao?", Sakura asked teasingly. All Might just smiled and responded: "How'd you know?"
"Your lips taste like chocolate. I like that.", Sakura smiled.
"If it's like that than I should drink more often cocoa.", All Might grinned at her. Sakura just giggled and gave All Might a kiss on the tip of his nose.
"You should go. School is starting soon and you don't wanna be late again.", Sakura said and All Might let go of her hand. He said his god byes and left.
Over the past couple of days All Might and also Shota visited Sakura occasionally. During the night she was visited by her stalker, freaking her out. But once the doctors and nurses checked on her, they never found anything or anyone.
"Those are just hallucinations caused by the fever, though it shouldn't be this bad...", the doctors and nurses said.
"I'm not crazy! I can see him clearly! He is stalking me!", Sakura insisted on seeing him, but not even All Might believed her, telling her that the man she thinks she is seeing is in prison.
"Why don't you believe me, All Might? I clearly saw him.", Sakura was sad that not even All Might believed her. It hurt her deeply, but of course All Might wouldn't believe her when he clearly saw that man walking out to get himself arrested.
"I do believe you, but it doesn't make sense to me that you see him.", All Might reassured her, but she didn't quite believe him. Then again, was that just some kind of elaborate scheme to break the two up?
"I'm just scared, All Might….", Sakura started crying. All Might took her in his arms, sitting down on the bed with her, pulling her to his chest.
"Scared of losing me because of this?", All Might asked. Sakura just nodded and sobbed. All Might stroked through her hair, saying: "I promised to never leave you, especially not during this time, cherry blossom."
It felt nice, feeling his strong arms around her, giving her comfort. It was nice knowing all this was just for her, that All Might was just hers.
"It's nice...knowing you care, All Might. Thank you.", Sakura stuttered under her sobs and sighs. All Might felt the same way, it was nice caring for someone. True she wasn't dependent on him, but it still felt nice knowing that he'll call her his wife one day.
Just as All Might left, and Sakura was left alone again, her 'feverish hallucinations' came back.
"Leave me alone, Drac! I don't need the stress of dealing with you now!", Sakura said as she laid herself back in bed to sleep a bit, trying to ignore the man who is stalking her.
"Why are you always disobeying me, my dear. It breaks my heart.", Drac said, sitting himself on the chair next to her bed, looking at her, grinning.
"Leave! The doctors have already declared me crazy thanks to you showing up and leaving when people look at you!", Sakura was done with his shit. She just wanted to sleep and get better soon, so she could go to the police and file a report for stalking.
"Ah come on darling, it's kinda funny seeing you lose your mind.", he chuckled. Sakura turned his back to him, covering her ears with the pillow.
"The doctors already think your crazy, it's just a matter of time when you'll have no one left but me. Sleep well, my queen. This night, I'm not going to bother you anymore.", Drac stated and left. As if to check if he had kept his word Sakura turned around again to see nothing but an empty chair in the dark room she is in. This man was really creepy, and, if he would succeed in breaking up All Might and her, he would make his move. She didn't even wanna think about what he already planned. She suddenly became cold with fear.